LENOX -- Emily Martin, valedictorian of the class of 2014 of Monument Mountain Regional High School, recounted on Sunday the journeys on which she embarked during her high school years. Some of them were good, she recalled, some of them not so good.

"But," said Martin to her classmates, "you are the ones who made those small moments so special. I would not have liked to spend my high school years with anyone else. So, thank you."

Martin's address came at the high school's 47th commencement exercises at Tanglewood under sunny skies on Sunday afternoon. A total of 126 students graduated this year.

Martin urged her fellow graduates to "live in the present and appreciate the experience life provides. Be engaged in the here and now."

If there was one word to describe her class, said Martin, it was "integrity."

"We have overcome adversity with courtesy, dignity and confidence," she said.

Salutatorian Kevin Li's address began with a slightly lighter touch, as Li noted that he pondered several options for his address, including a rap version of his experiences in high school, "or just your basic Q&A with the audience.

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